Today we made a Christmas Card for you ツ All the children worked enthusiastically in small groups. First, the children were asked to choose a colour for their card, either red or green. Then, with my assistance they cut out a triangle (Christmas tree) of the opposite colour. For e.g. if they chose the colour green for their card they cut out their Christmas tree from a red coloured cardboard. Then, they were given a variety of resources, including ribbons, sequins, pompoms, markers, and gems. They decorated their cards on their own and how they liked. Finally, with my assistance, each child wrote his|her name inside the card, using a very dark crayon.

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For this activity, I placed nine green coloured strips in front of one child. S|he was asked to place the strips in order starting from the number 1 and ending with the number 9. This process was repeated by every child, where s|he learned to count and memorise the numbers in order – from 1 to 9. After they placed the numbers in order, almost all the children recognised that a Christmas tree was formed. 

After the reading of the story ‘The Snowman’, I gave  a piece of play dough to each and every child. On each table, I placed four rolling pins, small beach pebbles, sticks and ribbons. Then, the children were invited to build a snowman using play dough and the provided loose parts. As you can see all the children came out with different ideas & were all satisfied with the ending result.